>> But here we have (some) real racers voluntarily going for Methanol >> because in their view it's the best fuel for the job they have. I'm >> pretty sure Indy racing has been using Methanol, but I don't think >> NASCAR and I don't know about F1. > > Methanol is the racer's fuel of choice in most venues. NASCAR >started out because the moonshiners in the southern U.S. were always >boasting about the vehicles they'd modified for running their illicit >product, and enough of them were interested in proving whose car was the >fastest than they began racing one another. Many of those people were >using ethanol as a fuel for the reasons we've been discussing.
That is interesting to learn about NASCAR, but my question is what are they using now, not how did they get started. > >> The reason you provide for the use >> of methanol does sort of seem to be related to the way I'm looking at >> it, though not directly. I guess it looks to me like they're "having >> to do less work" to get the necessary air to the fuel for optimal >> burning. > > I think you have this backwards! Most of those engines are running >BIG boost from their turbos! Building an engine with slightly dished >pistons and heavy boost yields a more effective burn than flat topped or >domed pistons for the same compression pressures. Not sure, but this may be a bit of a misunderstanding. My thought was that if less air is required per unit mass of methanol or ethanol, in mixing them, to get a given level of horsepower, then technically it's requiring "less work". That those ethanol or methanol people are in racing and then will go out to do much more work, because they don't want the same level of HP, but want greatly boosted HP, seems to me a separate issue? -------------- Otherwise, lest I forget, thanks for your as-usual highly-educational post. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
